Sulky-plow



(No Model.)

R.v C. BUGKLEY.

A l SULKY PLOW. No. 278,089;4 Patented May 22,1883.

UNITED STATESl PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT O. BOKLEY, OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS.

sULKYfPLow.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 278,089, dated May 22, 1883.

Application filed December 27, 1882.

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT C. BUcKLEY, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Peoria, in the county of Peoria and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sulky-Plows, of which the following` is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention consists in the application, iu a manner hereinafter specilied, ot' a spring or springs to a sulky or wheel plow with the view of aiding the operator in elevating the plow-blade. v f

The-drawing represents a perspective view of a sulkyplow having my invention applied thereto.

A'is the arched frame of the machine oriinplement, having axles a a, upon which are mounted the wheels B B. In bearings?) b, one of which is attached near each side of the base of the arched frame or the points where the axles a a connect therewith, is placed a supplementary cranked arch or bail, C, which,in in addition to having the movement of which the main arched frame A is susceptible, has an independent oscillatory or swinging movement in its own bearings b b. Loosely suspended or hinged to the supplemental cranked arch C is the plow-beam D,to the end ot' which the plow-blade c is attached in the usual manner. The forward end of the plow-beam is preing with the other side of the cranked arch A,

as shown. The forward yend of the bar d is sustained by a bracket or support, e, which extends thegefrom, uniting with the under side of the draft-pole E. Secured to the top or horizontal part of the supplemental cranked (No model.)

arch C is one end of a spiral spring, f, the other end being secured to the bracket or support e. Rigidly secured to one of the axles ofthe supplemental cranked arch O is a hand-lever, g. A spiral spring, f', is fastened to this lever near its connection with the axle, the other end ofthe spring being attached to the bracket or support c. A guide-bar, h, is attached to the draft-pole E and main cranked arch A, the lever g being confined and guided thereby. A rack-bar may be substituted, if preferred.

It will be seen that the tendency of the springs ff', or of either of them, is to aid the operator in raising the plow-blade from the earth. When the supplemental cranked arch C is below the horizontal center the tendency of the spring f, attached to the supplemental cranked arch G, is to force the plow-blade into theearth. The two springs may be used together, or each used independently of the other.

In operation, the driver, it' desiring to elevate the blade from the ground, simply forces the lever g forward, and the" springs, which, during the use ofthe machine in plowing, have been distended, are allowed to contract or shorten, thus aiding the force exerted upon the lever in drawing the blade from the earth.

The spring may be attached to the plowbeam or to thehinge which unites it with the supplemental cranked bail.

I claim as my invention- In a sulky-plow, the arched frame A, having axles a and wheels B, and the supplemental cranked arch or bail C, hung in bearings b at the base of the arched frame A, combined with the plow-beam D, supported by the bail C, hand-lever g, and springs connecting the bail C to the bar c, held bythe bracket d, all arranged substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses,this 13th day of December, 1882.

- ROBERT C. BUCKLEY.

Witnesses:

JNo. A. McCoY, PETER ANICKER. 

